...Louisiana: "I barely suggest for your private consideration whether some of the colored people may not be let in — as, for instance, the very intelligent,...especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks." One of the few things which seem to be certain about the race problem is that the rest of the country...

...elective franchise. I barely suggest for your private consideration whether some of the colored people may not be let in — as, for instance, the very intelligent,...especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks. They would probably help, in some trying time to come, to keep the jewel of liberty within the family...

...hereby suggest . . . whether some of the colored people might not be let in [to the elective franchise], as for instance the very intelligent, and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks." Governor Orr of South Carolina, one of the Southern leaders, approved of an amendment to the Constitution...

...elective franchise. I barely suggest for your private consideration whether some of the colored people may not be let in, as for instance the very intelligent...especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks. They would probably help in some trying time in the future to keep the jewel of Liberty in the family...

...franchise. I barely suggest for your private consideration, whether some of the colored people may not be let in — as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially those 20 who have fought gallantly in our ranks. "They would probably help, in some trying time to come,...

...for your private consideration," he wrote to Governor Hahn, "whether some of the colored people may not be let in — as, for instance, the very intelligent,...especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks. They would probably help, in some trying time to come, to keep the jewel of liberty within the family...

...elective franchise. I barely suggest for your private consideration whether some of the colored people may not be let in, as for instance the very intelligent and especially those who may have fought gallantly in our ranks. They would probably help in some trying time in the future...

...Said he: "I barely suggest, for your private consideration, whether some of the colored people may not be let in; as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially those who have fought so gallantly in our ranks."18 But neither Governor Hahn, nor the Reconstruction Convention which he...

...franchise. I barely suggest for your private consideration, whether some of the colored people may not be let in — as, for instance, the very intelligent,...especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks. They would probably help, in some trying time to come, to keep the jewel of liberty within the family...

...suggest for your private consideration whether some of the colored people may not be let in [to vote] — as, for instance, the very intelligent and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks." The governor proved unable to persuade the Louisiana convention to follow Lincoln's advice, but on...